Dayna Sclafini (right) and Stephanie Grozzio of East Brunswick beat Erin Carroll of South Brunswick to the ball.Saed Hindash/The Star-Ledger

As the holiday season gets rolling, so did teams around the state on Thursday, when no fewer than 144 girls basketball games were on the schedule.

We have staff coverage of a key early-season meeting between Montclair and East Orange Campus, the Morris Knolls game at Parsippany Hills as well as Gov. Livingston's match-up with Summit.

In East Orange:

Teana Muldrow scored 10 of her 25 points in the fourth quarter for East Orange in a 42-34 victory over Montclair. Myisha Hines-Allen had a huge game for Montclair with 22 points, 19 rebounds and six steals. // GAME STORY

In Berkeley Heights:

Gov. Livingston’s Mallory George showed a lot of tenacity. On the court and off.

Yesterday, on the court, there was no hesitation in her relentless attempts to break through Summit's press. Against three defenders packed in the paint, George typically didn’t get a bucket. But she always got to the line, where the senior power forward went 13-for-16 in producing a game-high 23 points for Gov. Livingston’s 51-29 victory over Summit. // GAME STORY

In Morris Plains:

Danielle Russo may be the best reserve in Morris County.

After missing all of last year with an injury to her quad, the junior sparked Parsippany Hills' comeback with a key 3-pointer four minutes into the third quarter in Parsippany Hills' 37-33 victory over Morris Knolls in Morris Plains. // GAME STORY